"71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 24% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot. Seamless, intense dark berry fruit aromas with plum and red cherry. The palate opens cool and poised, the fine, firm tannins asserting themselves on the powerful mid-palate. This finishes fresh and upbeat, with resounding purity – a tour de force. Cropped at 47hl/ha. Harvested between 13th September and 4th October. 75% new oak. 13.7% abv.
C&B Score: 18.5
Drinking dates: 2031-47Case of 6 bottles: £420 IB UKCase of 3 Magnums: £430 IB UK"
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Bordeaux Wine
Today's Bordeaux' wines retain a certain stoical classicism, whilst meeting more modern expectations of accessibility.